Awakening the Second Personality, Sakura Could No Longer Tell Them Apart

Naruto didn't care about Suigetsu's apology. He smiled and left, but that didn't mean he forgave him. Saying the wrong thing comes at a price.

But not now; Sasuke still needs his Hawk Team.

No one in Konohagakure dared to call him the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but that might not be the case outside the village. Naruto was naturally annoyed, but he also knew that these rumors couldn't be completely eradicated.

From the moment he transmigrated, he was bound to the identity of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Even after the Nine-Tails was removed, his influence was limited to the vicinity of Konohagakure.

The Shinobi World is so vast, and there are too many people who know about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Few people would believe the news that the Nine-Tails has left, since the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is still alive.

There has never been a case in history where Tailed Beast broke free of its seal and its Jinchuriki was still alive. Does this mean they have to expose their stomachs like the Six Sons to prove their innocence?

Besides, even if we take a step back and assume the worst, we can't just shut everyone up, can we?

Sure!

Just as one lie is fabricated to cover up another, if one wants to cover up one mess, it's better to create another mess to divert attention.

He never intended to shoulder the burden alone; he was prepared to drag everyone down with him. Whether it was Kumogakure, Iwagakure Hidden Mist Iwagakure, he needed to cause them some trouble.

Or rather, collect some interest from them.

As the Tenten Tsunade to leave the village drew closer, Naruto gradually calmed down. He couldn't stop Tsunade's departure, and he had his own mission to complete.

After his thoughts were cleared, he lay down again.

To be precise, it's about waiting—waiting for Sasuke to make a move against Danzo, and waiting for Tsunade to leave the village. We also need to wait for Ino to leave the village with her project; he should be able to leave soon too.

Now, his only hope in life is to mooch a meal from Choji, to kill time when he's bored out of his mind. Of course, he doesn't pay the bill for the meal, and Choji doesn't care.

Naruto used to be rich and powerful, but now his wealth is gone, leaving him with nothing.

"I haven't seen Shikamaru much lately. I wonder what he's been up to?" Choji, and chewing it.

"It's probably work. Did Shikaku- sama get a job transfer?" Naruto asked while eating. "The Sixth Hokage is about to take office, Shikamaru's father has also been promoted."

"He'll probably get involved in the power struggle too; after all, the men of the Nara Clan can't escape their fate."

"That's true." Choji muttered, not feeling much of a stir in his heart. "Shikamaru used to hate troublesome things the most, but now he's caught up in them."

"We can't just watch the clan decline, Shikamaru has his reasons," Naruto comforted him. "Besides, Ino is also very busy, and I'll be leaving the village soon."

"Hmm? In that case, wouldn't I be the only one with nothing to do?" Choji was somewhat self-aware. "But why are you in such a hurry to leave the village?"

"I need to take care of some things. There's no point in staying in the village anyway," Naruto said vaguely, without revealing his true thoughts.

Seeing that they had almost finished eating, Naruto stared directly at Choji.

"You know what I mean."

Choji's face twitched. Reluctantly, he dragged his bloated body to his feet, paid the bill, and slowly walked back.

"Next time, could you please stop using the excuse of inviting me to dinner and just ask me to have dinner directly?"

"I'm so sorry."

Choji: "."

Tenten passed, and Naruto still hadn't received any news of Uchiha Sasuke's attack. Instead, Sakura came to his door. He was somewhat taken aback when he opened the door.

"Have you figured it out?" he asked.

"Mmm." Sakura lowered her head.

Upon hearing this, Naruto's expression was quite interesting. After thinking for a while, he moved aside and spoke.

"Come in and talk, don't stand at the door."

The two returned to the living room, Naruto went into the kitchen to pour water, his heart pounding slightly. He had already explained the pros and cons last time, letting Sakura choose for herself.

But he knew perfectly well that Sakura had no choice. No matter what, she would come back here, find him, and compromise.

Unless Pink Sakura wants to start over, but that would mean losing those six years and being cut off from everyone. Naruto instinctively felt that she wouldn't abandon Sasuke, so he would agree no matter what.

Really

In the living room, Naruto and Sakura sat facing each other. Naruto held a water glass, crossed his legs, and slowly drank, occasionally glancing at Sakura out of the corner of his eye.

Sakura lowered her head slightly, holding a water glass, and sat halfway on the sofa. Her face was tense, and she remained silent in the living room for a while before raising her head to speak.

"I've thought about what you said last time for a long time. I agree to talk to her, and we can even share a body, but there's one thing I hope you'll promise me."

"What are the conditions?" Naruto looked at her as well. If she made a request such as not being allowed to touch her body, he would refuse immediately.

There can only be one condition. If the condition has nothing to do with Sasuke, then refuse immediately. Because she always brings up conditions related to Sasuke, should I agree to everything?

Naruto is so principled; he immediately cleared his mind and searched for whether Sakura's words contained Sasuke's name.

"I hope to see Sasuke, if I have the chance," she said cautiously.

"Okay!" Naruto agreed without hesitation.

If the opportunity arises, it depends on luck, but there's no harm in agreeing anyway. She wants to see Sasuke, Sasuke might not want to see her.

Hearing Naruto agree so readily, Sakura breathed a small sigh of relief. But soon she seemed to remember something and became tense again.

"Then what should we do?" she asked.

"Well... it might require some stimulation to work. As for the specifics, we'll have to experiment one by one." Naruto didn't give a definitive answer.

"I'm not entirely sure, Naruto, but I'll listen to you."

Naruto's eyelids twitched slightly. He thought to himself that he did know a stimulating method, but saying it now would make him look foolish. He'd just try them one by one.

"Let's try scaring them first and see if it works," Naruto said, though he felt bored and knew it was unlikely to be effective.

But the process still needs to be followed, otherwise it will seem like you have ulterior motives.

After some time, Sakura sat on the sofa, dejected. All her methods had failed; it seemed that awakening her Second Personality was proving to be more difficult than she had imagined.

Naruto, on the other hand, remained remarkably calm, having anticipated this outcome. He lay on the sofa, staring silently at the ceiling, letting the silence build up.

"Naruto, why don't we try that method?" Sakura suddenly said.

"What?"

"It was that... when I first woke up, that..." Sakura's face turned bright red, and she only dared to turn her head away. She felt like she was going crazy.

But there's no better way right now. Is this just going to be hopeless? Anyway, it's not like I haven't done something like that before. I just need to stop thinking about it.

"No way." Naruto refused without even thinking.

"Why?" she asked, standing up. If she couldn't awaken her Second Personality, she wouldn't be able to regain her memories, and she would forever remain just a weak girl.

It wasn't that she absolutely wanted to bring Sasuke back; it was just that she had a deep-seated obsession. What you can't have, over time, becomes an obsession.

I just want to hear Sasuke's side of the story in person; even if it's beyond Rotation, I'll have no regrets. To put it simply, it's like scratching a lottery ticket and getting the character for "speech" (言), but not giving up until you get "thank you for your patronage."

"There's no reason why. Even though you share one body, it doesn't mean I have no principles." Naruto said righteously, mainly because he didn't want to give Sakura any leverage over him.

On the other hand, he really didn't want to do that with Pink Sakura; the Main Personality wasn't attractive enough. His completely inexperienced Main Personality had no reason to compel him to do so.

"But... this is the last resort, isn't it?" Sakura said to Naruto, somewhat troubled. "Besides, can't you just treat me like she is?"

"No need to say anything!" Naruto stood up and left, turning to go to the balcony.

Sakura panicked as expected, sitting on the sofa in a daze. Biting her lower lip, she was clearly surprised that Naruto would refuse so directly, and felt ashamed.

She realized she had been too presumptuous, understanding that she had misunderstood Naruto. He didn't love his body, but rather his Second Personality.

Wasn't my suggestion forcing Naruto to cheat on his wife? It was so ill-considered; I shouldn't have made such a rash suggestion.

After reflecting on her actions, Sakura realized her mistake and tiptoed to the balcony. There she found Naruto standing motionless, his back to her.

Was he trying to quell the anger? Sakura thought to herself, feeling increasingly guilty.

In reality, Naruto was thinking about why Sasuke hadn't made a move yet, and how he could provoke him if he didn't. Danzo wouldn't have a moment's peace until he unleashed his gold coins.

According to Naruto's guess, Sasuke should have already obtained Itachi Uchiha's eyes. After all, without the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Sasuke wouldn't dare approach Konohagakure.

"Hmm?" Sensing movement behind him, he instinctively turned around.

"Naruto." Sakura stood inside the curtains, bowing her head in sincere apology, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things. I'm so sorry for hurting you."

"???" Naruto was completely bewildered. He had been injured? What kind of injury?

He merely pretended to get up and leave; if he were truly angry, he should have gone to the room instead of standing on the balcony waiting for her to come and beg him.

But since Sakura had already said that, Naruto naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to refute her. He might as well go with the flow and maybe even get some concessions out of her.

"It's okay, I'm actually fine," Naruto said casually.

"Naruto," Sakura said, somewhat moved, "I know it's all my fault, but there really is no other way. Please, you must promise me."

"I will make it up to you, please."

Ah, Naruto hesitated; in fact, he was genuinely hesitant. The situation had reversed after he'd been playing hard to get; what if he played hard to get again?

But he didn't persist and decided to quit while he was ahead.

Both professionally and personally, he does need Black Sakura's help right now, as her right-hand woman. These past few days without her have made him feel like all his plans are stalled.

"Okay, fine."

"That's great!" Sakura smiled.

However, a problem soon arose in front of her: she knew how to awaken him, but how exactly did she do it? Sakura looked at Naruto, Naruto scratched his face.

"Come here," he beckoned.

"Okay." She was a little nervous, and slowly moved over.

"Um, you don't need to be so nervous. Just relax and leave it to me," Naruto said, reaching out to pick her up and carrying her to the sofa.

Sakura's heart was pounding. She thought to herself that it wouldn't be long anyway, and the book said to just close her eyes, grit her teeth, and bear it.

Half an hour later.

She gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, "This isn't quite like what the book says. Why isn't it over in just a few minutes? And my head feels a little dizzy."

However, it's fine as long as I don't think about it. I only like Sasuke, and besides, this body isn't just mine alone. As long as I think about Sasuke, it's...

I passed out, and I can't remember how many times I went. My consciousness gradually blurred, and I felt that familiar feeling of deep sleep, as if another personality was slowly awakening.

Is that really how it is? It's good that it succeeded.

Black Sakura emerged from the bathroom, exhausted, and glanced at the calendar on the wall. Suddenly startled, she turned to look at Naruto resting on the sofa.

"I've been unconscious for that long? Almost half a month?"

"Otherwise what?" Naruto said. "You know you were unconscious, and I almost thought you had disappeared. These past two weeks have been pretty boring."

"Really? I'm happy to hear that," Black Sakura said with a grin.

"Want to...?" She gave Naruto a flirtatious look, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"I suppose so, but I have important business to attend to." Naruto's lips twitched. He could charge into battle with his spear now, but there was no need. Right now, he needed to sort out the matter between the two personalities.

"Since you put it that way, then fine." Black Sakura sat on the sofa, not with her legs together, and just looked at Naruto with a grin.

"Tell me, what did she say?"

"It's nothing. She wants to share your memories and also discuss how to allocate time for using your body," Naruto said thoughtfully. "Anyway, we'd have to come to this sooner or later."

"That's true, but we can't just leave it without any conditions. I've had a really tough time with her while she's been asleep for the past few years." Black Sakura glanced at Naruto.

"Not only will she have to work hard and cultivate, but she'll also have to endure someone's beatings and do research for free. What if she's given her memories and then runs off to find that person?"

"Then just give them less time and squeeze every last drop out of them," Naruto said.

Upon hearing this, Black Sakura finally smiled; this was exactly what she wanted to hear. She would take the lion's share of the time, leaving Sakura with only fragmented moments.

"I'll talk to her and let you know when I have a result," she said.

"Um."

The matter was eventually resolved. Black Sakura occupied two-thirds of the day, leaving Sakura only one-third of the time.

In other words, if Black Sakura works all day, then Pink Sakura has to prepare for sleep as soon as she opens her eyes.

Unless Black Sakura chooses a time to sleep at night, and when she chooses to sleep depends on Naruto's schedule.

After dark, Black Sakura was about to say goodbye to Naruto when she suddenly remembered something before leaving. She turned back to look at him and asked.

"What's it like to switch actors halfway through? Do you find it exciting?"

"Huh?" Naruto's head was buzzing. How could he tell the truth about something like this? "I didn't feel anything. I only did this to wake you up."

"Is that so?" Black Sakura curled up the corners of her mouth and pulled Naruto over to kiss him at the door.

Halfway through the kiss, Naruto suddenly felt something was wrong. Damn! They switched people! He looked at Sakura's flushed face and immediately covered his face, asking.

"Is it time you agreed?"

"Um."

"Alright, be careful on the road, and remember to watch where you're going." What else could Naruto say? He could only think that Black Sakura really knew how to play, and that she was incredibly sassy.

So you're really going all the way, aren't you? Damn it.

Sakura ran off hastily, from the stairwell to Konohagakure Street, leaning against a large tree as her heart pounded. She felt a bit throbbing in her head, probably because of the shared memories.

Recalling what happened that afternoon completely overturned her understanding. For a moment, her mind was in turmoil; despite her desperate efforts to get closer, Sasuke's figure seemed even more distant.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and Ino, who had agreed to meet, was too busy and had to stand him up.

Naruto finally received news from Danzo. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire invited Danzo to stay at the palace for a few days, but in reality, it was out of personal friendship that he was preparing to take Danzo away.

Danzo the decades, Danzo has done a lot of dirty work for Konohagakure and also helped the nobles of the Land of Fire. He has a lot of dirt on the nobles that they can't be exposed.

They naturally couldn't let the disgraced Danzo stay in Konohagakure like that. If that old dog went mad and exposed everyone, the Land of Fire would be thrown into chaos.

"Why are you suddenly being taken away?" Choji asked, frowning.

"It was those noble gentlemen who came up with the idea. They called it an invitation, but they were afraid Danzo would reveal their secrets," Shikamaru said.

"I never would have guessed that those noble gentlemen would do something like this besides throwing lavish parties?" Naruto said as he ate and drank his fill again.

"Naruto, don't be impulsive at this time," Shikamaru advised. "I know you have a conflict with Danzo, but it's not worth being impulsive at this moment."

"Even though Danzo has lost power, he still has value in the eyes of many nobles. It's not worth offending a group of nobles from the Land of Fire for the sake of Danzo."

"Why would I act impulsively? Danzo already in this state, I can't be bothered with him anymore," Naruto mumbled, preoccupied with his meal.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat."

Shikamaru was clearly worried, but he swallowed his words, silently hoping it would be the best outcome. He picked up some food with his chopsticks and sighed softly.